Lipped Clamshell Portfolio Workshop

Instructor: Kevin Martini-Fuller

Saturday, November 18th
10 am - 5 pm

Photographers are notorious for creating endless images. Now is a good time to organize them into a professional presentation.

To present images from various projects this is an ideal and professional method of presentation. The images can be presented as a theme, subject, or timeline. Archival lipped clamshell portfolios are the standard presentation for photographs at the library of congress.

Participants will receive instruction and all materials to make a custom, archival, [8”x10”x1.5”] or [8.5”x11”x1.5”] Lipped Clamshell portfolio with your choice of exterior color; 

Grey / Hunter Green / Tan / Brown / Burgundy / Black

In this workshop, participants will learn the steps to create their own custom Archival Lipped Clamshell Portfolio. We will begin with a discussion of all the steps involved from design to completion. The portfolios will be constructed of book-board, covered with paper-backed book cloth and lined with artist paper. Various alternative materials will be discussed as we proceed through the workshop. Lipped clamshell portfolios have multiple uses in the world of book arts, providing protection, storage, as well as an object of beauty in and of themselves. A clamshell portfolio is also a handsome and elegant way to store family heirlooms, such as a family bible, personal documents, memorable correspondence, etc.

Instructor bio:
Kevin Martini-Fuller, photographer, photo educator, and the energy behind ‘Novelda Editions’, a personal passion dedicated to designing and producing limited edition portfolios and hand-made presentation cases.

Kevin holds a BFA in Art History from Boise State University, and an MFA in photography from Southern Illinois University, specializing in alternative photographic processes, specifically, Photogravure, and Carbon Printing.

In 1986 he began making portraits of Cowboy Poets, at the Annual ‘National Cowboy Poetry Gathering’ which is held the last week of January in Elko, Nevada. This year, 2023 was the 36th year of his creating portraits of the poets. The archive of this project contains over 40,000 images of more than 1,100 individuals

Beginning in 1990 and continuing each summer for sixteen years, he was an Ambassador for the Eastman Kodak Company and assigned to Grand Canyon National Park, in Arizona where he conducted photo programs and made photographs of the Southwest for the Kodak company. 

His exhibition record includes numerous one person and group shows in galleries and museums throughout the U.S., Europe, and Australia. In 2000 he received the ‘International Grand Prize’ awarded by the Photo Imaging Education Association. His work was exhibited in 45 venues worldwide as part of a traveling exhibit.

He resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and continues to create new projects, and produce portfolios, both for himself and clients. His interest in historic photo processes has led him to the revival of the ‘Wet Plate Collodion’ process.

Website: kevinmartinifuller.com

Website: portraitsofthegathering.org 

(This website presents live poetry recitation from selected poets)

This workshop has been generously sponsored The Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation.